morriñento
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From morriña (“murrain; homesickness”) + -ento. Cognate with Portuguese morrinhento.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]morriñento (feminine morriñenta, masculine plural morriñentos, feminine plural morriñentas)
- (figurative) melancholic
- (figurative) suffering homesickness
- (figurative, of the weather) drizzly
- murrained
- dirty
- weakened
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “morriñento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “morriñento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “morriñento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.